Compulsion can refer to, among other things:
- Compulsion , a 1956 novel, by American author Meyer Levin, about the Leopold and Loeb case.
- Compulsion , a 2001 novel, by British author Shaun Hutson
- Compulsion , a 1959 film based on Levin's book.
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, a mental disorder
- Compulsion , a punk group active in the mid-'90s
- Compulsory education
- Compulsory voting
- Compulsion, a 1989 song originally written and recorded by Joe Crow and released as a single by Martin Gore on his Counterfeit e.p. album in 1989.
